Search Special Collections
Results
Total number of records: 39
Count of Collection group
Top 10: Subject
Top 10: People and organisations
Poems and Drafts (Dated)
Kirkup, James (1918-2009)
1956-1964
Ms and ts drafts of 22 poems. Many of the poems are autographed and dated, and include Kirkup's ms annotations as to where the poems were written. The poems are: - Berlioz: Harold in Italy - In the...
Drafts and Cuttings
Kirkup, James (1918-2009)
1956-1957
Ms draft of poem 'Copenhagen' dated 28 April 1957, and cutting from 'The Listener' (23 May 1957); 7 ts and ms drafts of poem 'The Refugees' (also titled 'The Fugitives'), some autographed, with Kirkup...
Proof Copy of The Two Freedoms
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1957
Proof copy of 'The Two Freedoms' with Jon Silkin's ms corrections. The half-title is date-stamped '20 Sept 1957.'
Poems from Brutus's Orchard
Fuller, Roy (1912-1991)
c.1960
Copy of an audio recording made by the British Council of Roy Fuller reading poems from his collection 'Brutus's Orchard' (1957).
Randolph Stow: Poems
[c.1964-1966]
Audio recording made for Leeds Poetry Room of Randolph Stow reading poems from his collections Act One (1957) and Outrider (1962).
The University of Leeds (Gregory Fellowship)
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
1956-1957
Thomas Blackburn took an 18 month sabbatical from his job as English Master at St. Marylebone Grammar School to become Gregory Fellow in Poetry at Leeds University from 1956-1957. This file contains a...
The Crusaders Entering Constantinople
Kirkup, James (1918-2009)
June 1957
8 ts and ms drafts of the poem '
Terence Tiller: Poems
c.1962
Copy of an audio recording made by the British Council of Terence Tiller reading poems from his collections 'Reading a Medal' (1957) and 'Unarm, Eros' (1947).
Correspondence - General
1956-1958
Ts letter from John Holloway (11 November 1957), annotated by Kirkup; ts letter from Editorial Alhambra (15 October 1957); 2 ts letters from John E. Burchard, Dean of the School of Humanities at Massa...
Transfiguration
Kirkup, James (1918-2009)
1957
Manuscript draft (?) of the poem 'Transfiguration,' dated 13 July 1957. An ms note in the top right corner records the gift of the manuscript from James Kirkup to James Bush.Documents relating to the ...
Poetry Collected by Thomas Blackburn
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
c.1954-1962
This file contains pamphlets of poetry collected by Blackburn. They include the Guinness Poetry Award 1957-1958, signed by the poet David Wright; typescript poem 'Birds of Hell' by Edwin Webb; a copy ...
Under the Mushroom Cloud
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
c.1956-1957
This file contains a 2 page typescript of a short story titled 'Under the Mushroom Cloud' . This was published in the Leeds student literary magazine 'Poetry and Audience' (http://lib.leeds.ac.uk/reco...